Angus Bunyan#8855

Angus Bunyan

Barrister, 2 Hare Court
Angus is an established leading junior who specialises in corporate and financial crime.

His practice has recently included being instructed by the SFO to secure Deferred Prosecution Agreements with two UK companies for bribery offences and to prosecute individuals suspected of bribery in the construction sector, representing the Federal Republic of Nigeria in its application for compensation from Glencore, prosecuting UK directors for paying bribes to secure Afghan military contracts and acting in the HBOS case involving corruption between senior managers at the bank and leading figures in the business community.

Angus also has significant expertise both in bringing and defending private prosecutions, especially those arising from commercial disputes. He represented Oleg Deripaska in his private prosecution of a former associate and in the related judicial review proceedings and his advice and counsel is regularly sought by other HNW individuals and companies seeking to explore this niche area.

He also represents individual and corporate clients in regulatory matters, particularly those facing proceedings for environmental matters involving waste and water offences. An SFO Panel A and CPS level 4 prosecutor, he is routinely instructed as leading counsel in high profile, complex and multi-handed trials where specialist knowledge and first-rate advocacy are required.

Contributed to

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Disclosure, confidentiality and privilege issues for private prosecutors
Disclosure, confidentiality and privilege issues for private prosecutors
Practice notes

This Practice Note considers disclosure duties of a private prosecutor. It reviews the obligations on a private prosecutor under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (CPIA 1996), as well as any common law duties, when these responsibilities arise, and what the responsibilities are at each stage of proceedings. It also outlines what consequences could flow from a failure to comply with these duties, the purpose and test for disclosure in the proceedings, and how the duties of disclosure on a private prosecutor diverge from those on a public prosecutor. It considers in detail the prosecutor’s duty of full and frank disclosure in relation to ex parte applications, as well as a private prosecutor’s responsibilities to pursue reasonable lines of enquiry and what this means in practice. It also covers privilege considerations and why legal professional privilege (LPP) considerations do not offer any protection to a private prosecutor in terms of their disclosure obligations, how this is different from a public prosecutor, and what practical steps private prosecutors can and should be taking to protect themselves from having to disclose privileged material. It also covers public interest immunity (PII) considerations for private prosecutors and provides tips for private prosecutors on the gathering, managing, documenting and storing of evidence and other material.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1999

Membership

  • SFO Panel A
  • CPS External Advocates Panel Grade 4
  • Criminal Bar Association
  • Fraud Lawyers Association
  • Private Prosecutors’ Association
  • Hardwicke & Wolfson Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn

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